The official site of the 2017 Melbourne Mini Maker Faire

Author: makerfairy

As you may have noticed, our first release of Mini Maker Faire Melbourne tickets went pretty quickly: within days the initial 250 ticket allocation was booked out. At that point we opened a wait list to enable others to reserve a spot if additional tickets became available.

Our main challenges with additional ticket releases were two fold: one, we needed to ensure the volunteer team capability could support additional headcount and two, we needed to ensure sufficient makers would be available to support additional numbers.

I’m pleased to announce that we’re now at a point where we can begin releasing additional tickets in batches.

As more makers register and volunteers get involved to help us run the event, we’ll release additional allocations. If you are currently on the wait list for tickets, keep an eye out for an email over the next week inviting you to book your tickets. And again, if you’re a maker, we still have room for additional exhibitors, presenters, activity hosts and workshop organisers. Joining the Maker Faire as a Maker doesn’t require an attendee ticket. If you have maker skills or creations that you’d like to share, please register you interest via the Maker Entry Form

This update confirms that we’ve started the process of vetting Maker applications. If you’ve submitted one via our web form, you will be hearing from us via email in the next few days. We’ll also be doing some profiling of makers on the blog and other parts of the website.

If you haven’t submitted a Maker application yet, there’s still time but we’d encourage you to do so quickly. This will give you much more option in terms of the available ways in which you can be involved, and will help us a lot with planning and logistics.

Remember that as a maker with scheduled involvement in the event, you don’t need to book an attendee ticket: your involvement gives you entry to Maker Faire. So, if you’re a maker currently wait listed for an attendee ticket, please consider submitting a Maker proposal and be involved in the event directly. There are many ways that you can be involved, including:

having an exhibitors booth

running a workshop or activity

giving a prepared talk, demonstration or performance

hosting a discussion group

This gives you the ability to commit to as little as say a 5 minute lightning talk, through to manning your own exhibitors booth for the day.

We trust you’ve all been able to enjoy some of the Christmas break, spend time with friends and family, and begin the process of reflecting on the year that was. The core team took the opportunity to recharge our batteries ahead of the Maker Faire count down.

Thanks for waiting patiently for updates on Maker Faire. We’ll have a number coming over the next few days and in the two weeks between now and the event day.

I trust you’re all as excited about Mini Maker Faire Melbourne as we are: it’s shaping up to e a truly fantastic day!

We’ll, if you weren’t excited enough by the venue announcement, we’re guessing you’ll start a stampede now !

Bookings are now open for the first tickets for Mini Maker Faire Melbourne for general public admission!. The eventbrite booking site is up and the first 50 keen folks who beat the official announcement have already rushed in and reserved their places.

Tickets are free of charge, however we need you to register online as numbers are strictly limited. We’ll use your personal ticket to help us manage attendance volumes, so keep it in a safe place and please bring it with you on the day.

Note that these tickets are for general admission by attendees, and aren’t needed if you are attending as a Maker exhibitor, workshop host, demonstrator or presenter.

Note also that we’ve asked you for a few bits of information as part of registering your ticket to help us plan and manage the event. This information is optional, but if you can give us feedback, that will really help us out.

Note also that we’ll be making the announcement of the venue and opening the ticket registration process tomorrow, Friday 16th December 2011.

Makers, please provide as much information as you can on the entry form to help us understand your requirements and to balance the event with a good range of projects. If you’d like to submit more than one proposal — for example, an exhibit table and a workshop or presentation — it would help us out if you could submit one entry form per proposal.

Please have a read of the content on the Maker page to better understand some of things we’re looking for from submissions.

You’ll also have a number of other channels beside this website from which you can get updates: Twitter, Google Plus, a mailing list and possibly even Facebook. We’ll follow up with an official post about those channels soon.

We’re really excited about hosting this event on Saturday January 14th, 2012, and we’d love you to be part of it. Mark the date in your calendar now, and drop by regularly over the next few weeks to see how things are shaping up!